Maria Sharapova went on the attack Saturday vs. Serena Williams during her pre-tournament news conference at Wimbledon, taking a shot at Williams’ personal life and criticizing Williams' comments over a high-profile teen rape case in Ohio.

"Obviously I have a tremendous amount of respect for Serena and what she's achieved on the court," Sharapova told reporters. "If she wants to talk about something personal, maybe she should talk about her relationship and her boyfriend that was married and is getting a divorce and has kids. Talk about other things, but not draw attention to other things."

With the fury of one of her groundstrokes, Maria Sharapova shot back at Serena Williams' perceived criticism of her. (AP Photo)

Sharapova’s comments stem from Williams’ quotes in a recent Rolling Stone article, where Williams appeared to be criticizing Sharapova and her boyfriend but did not mention either by name.

"There are people who live, breathe and dress tennis. I mean, seriously, give it a rest." Serena exits the car and the conversation moves on to a top-five player who is now in love. "She begins every interview with 'I'm so happy. I'm so lucky'—it's so boring," says Serena in a loud voice. "She's still not going to be invited to the cool parties. And, hey, if she wants to be with the guy with a black heart, go for it."

Sharapova also was disappointed to hear about Williams’ comments about the Steubenville, Ohio rape case that involved two football players raping a 16-year-old girl.

“I’m not blaming the girl, but if you’re a 16-year-old and you’re drunk like that, your parents should teach you—don’t take drinks from other people,” the magazine quoted Williams as saying.

“She’s 16, why was she that drunk where she doesn’t remember? It could have been much worse. She’s lucky. Obviously I don’t know, maybe she wasn’t a virgin, but she shouldn’t have put herself in that position, unless they slipped her something, then that’s different.”

Williams has since apologized for that remarks.

“I was definitely sad to hear what she had to say about the whole case,” Sharapova said, per comments from Agence France-Presse. “I know everyone tries to create rivalries between us here and there. I just think she should be talking about her accomplishments, her achievements, rather than everything else that’s just getting attention and controversy.”